Offenders Suffering From Psychopathic Disorder
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399795 |
|---|---|
| Authors | JILL PEAY (Diagnostics for the Real World (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 67-81 |
| Publication date | 1988-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a047715 |
| OpenAlex | W2339701287 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
This article reviews the proposals put forward in a joint D.H.S.S./Home Office consultation document to amend Section 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983. This concerns the powers of the courts to order the compulsory admission to hospital of mentally disordered offenders. The consultation document proposed altering the courts' powers in the cases of those suffering specifically from psychopathic disorder. If adopted, the recommendations would have had consequences not only for the courts' sentencing options, but also for the bases on which such offenders would be treated and released from confinement. Following widespread comments, the proposals for amendment were dropped. This article addresses both the principal arguments which led to their ultimate rejection and the wider problems raised by offenders diagnosed as suffering from psychopathic disorder
Computer security · Criminology · Mental health · Mental Health Act · Political science · Principal (computer security) · Psychiatry · Computer Science · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Law · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2005 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |